reunited, and it feel so good!

oh, blogspot, i missed you so! i haven't felt your digital embrace in over a year, and i feel as though i'm welcoming back an old friend...with an accompanying avid readership!

anyways, since this is my inaugural blob about japan, i suppose i should detail the blossoming hysteria that is leading up to my departure from fair murica.

i only found out five weeks ago that i was accepted to JET, and since then have explained my situation to seemingly hundreds of different people. strangely, with each recanting of when i'm leaving, and where i'm going, the imminence of it all becomes less and less real. i have a sneaking suspicion that i will feel nothing until my slippered feet trod on the tatami of my apartment, and i settle into solitary living. however, i'm confident that any inevitable homesickness will be trumped by the overwhelming thrill of being in "one of the most beautiful water villages of japan" (from the nobeoka promotional website, my chickadees).

in the meantime, i'm trying to figure out exactly how to prepare for this drastic change. i've been sluggishly learning japanese, brainstorming ideas for gifts, halfheartedly thinking about packing, and saying goodbye to various rounds of people. most importantly, i've been browsing youtube for hilarious japanese videos. shockingly, i found one with a phony redhead!

naturally, it's for mcdonald's. click here to watch.

is it wrong that i'm slightly comforted that my kind are at least somewhat visible in japanese media? hopefully, i won't be too much of a sideshow freakout once i hit nippon...or at least, not physically; undoubtedly, i will innocently commit some heinous, unforgivable faux pas within my first few days there. ah well, at least it makes for good blobbing!

for now, i'm off to do some pressing procrastination. i've decided that every blob i mold should have at least a one japanese word or phrase sprinkled in for flavor, so look forward to that--until next time!

oyasumi nasai (good night),
lilly